Bootstraps

The mod rebuilds the early game as a staged progression loosely based on real technology. A player assembles a kiln from dirt, clay and fire bricks, and once bricks and some charcoal are available, a crucible can be set up over a campfire. The crucible works as a passive heated smelter, so a player reaches stone and iron smelting without waiting for a conventional furnace.

Food spoiling is reworked as well. Food rot takes into account humidity, temperature, biome and how deep underground a container sits. Hot environments speed up rot considerably, and humidity has the same effect. Raw food is especially vulnerable, and campfire-cooked food keeps longer only up to a certain point, so cooking soon after gathering is the safer route. Storing food in a chest near the surface in a cold, dry biome is the most reliable option, while some foods take very long periods to rot.

The mod is a client and server mod, so the server and every player need it. It is all rights reserved and not open source. Files exist for Fabric and NeoForge on 1.21.1 only, and the latest builds, 0.0.4, are in the beta channel.